Overall you should try to treat as few active acupoints as possible to keep treatment minimal

Your patient is a 10-year-old male whose jacket hood caught on a branch as he jumped out of a tree. He was momentarily suspended about 12 inches off the ground but was immediately lowered to the ground by his brothers. Which of the following injuries should you suspect?

A) Lumbar spine injury B) Soft-tissue injury of the neck only C) Thoracic spine injury D) Cervical spine injury

A 37-year-old male was pinned between a flatbed truck and a loading dock. On exam, you find bruising to the chest, distended neck veins, bilaterally diminished breath sounds, and bilateral scleral hemorrhaging. You should:

A. aggressively manage his airway. B. suspect a severe hemopneumothorax. C. perform a secondary assessment. D. elevate his legs.